The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), formerly, the International Poverty Centre, invites entries in a participatory photography project that aims to promote and showcase visual examples of people winning the battle against poverty, social exclusion, and marginalisation. In extending a call for submissions, the organisation hopes to present alternative visions of development, which is often portrayed through images of desolation and despair. The goal is to illuminate the human face of the initiatives, programmes, ideas, and partnerships that are changing the lives of millions of people throughout the developing and transitional world.

Everyone can contribute a photograph, including professional and non-professional photographers, students, civil society activists, government officials, United Nations (UN) staff members. If a photo is chosen, the participant will be contacted no later than October 30 2009 by the IPC-IG. Chosen photo contributions to this campaign will be acknowledged by a wide dissemination of the work through a range of UN communications tools.

The campaign invites people to contribute photographs related to a wide array of development situations, such as:

• "Overcoming poverty, social exclusion and marginalisation.
• Enlarging people's choices and supporting local development initiatives.
• Promoting self-esteem, confidence and hope.
• Building a brighter future and advancing human capacities.
• Fighting deprivation and expanding access to food, water, sanitation, education and health services for the poor.
• Eliminating gender inequalities in the labour market.
• Empowering women.
• Fighting discrimination, domestic violence, abuse and exploitation.
• Eliminating child labour and promoting decent work opportunities.
• Expanding access to education and improving its quality and social inclusiveness through innovative approaches.
• Innovative initiatives on local development, enhancing the participation of communities in decision processes.
• Enhancing women's potential and participation in development processes.
• Promoting women's leadership and equal opportunity to develop talents.
• Building democratic governance and developing institutions and processes that are more responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens, including the poor. Alleviating exclusion, suffering, injustice and waste caused by corruption.
• Empowering citizens to combat the destructive influence of corruption, entrenched networks and abuse of power".

Click here [1] for more information and a participation form, as well as a location to upload a photo.

Click here [1] to view entries.

Emails from IPC-IG to The Communication Initiative on June 1 2009 and July 8 2009; and Campaign website [1].